This petition for habeas corpus was brought by the petitioner to obtain his discharge from the allegedly unlawful custody of the respondent warden in whose custody he has been since November 18, 1955. A grand jury for the county of Newport had returned an indictment charging the petitioner with the murder of Susan B. Franklin. After obtaining a change of venue, the petitioner was tried in the superior court for...
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